Published June 30, 2021, 8:38 AM
The House Committee on Public Accounts is convinced that ‘nil to zero’ error in textbooks and learning materials given to students can be achieved by putting in place more stringent measures for publication standards, aside from imposing penalties against those who committed mistakes, whether intentional or not.
Book errors
Committee chairman and Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” Singson Jr. said they remain dissatisfied with the actions taken by the Department of Education in ensuring ‘error-free’ learning materials for basic and secondary educaiton students At the resumption of the congressional inquiry into the distribution of “error-filled’ educational materials, Singson said DepEd has yet to give lawmakers the confidence that mistakes will not happen again.
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“It is no secret that textbooks in public elementary and high schools are limited in number and, as result, our students are forced to share or borrow from one another,” said Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte, author of House Bill (HB) No.8020.
“This difficulty is even more evident in the time of COVID-19 when there is a shift to blended or distance learning. The sharing of materials among groups of students still exists because of the shortage of printed modules,” noted the former three-term provincial governor.
Also known as the proposed Book Publishing Industry Development Act (BPIDA), HB No.8020 institutionalizes the digitization of all contents used by publishers participating in the Public School Textbook Program (PSTP).
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